The mini-rack #K3s cluster is complete. Refamiliarizing with #Ansible to get everything set up because I'm going to finally have my #homelab configuration documented and backed up, dammit.

Sometimes it feels like Ansible is a lot more friendly with home lab and self hosting than Terraform. A lot of things I want to do with Terraform do not have official providers, while Ansible does have a lot of official modules.

I'm not looking for a solution, just making an observation.

EDIT: To be fair, I have been asked for examples, so here is at least one (I could list a few more, but no need).

https://bitwarden.com/help/ansible-integration/
https://registry.terraform.io/search/providers?q=bitwarden

Ein paar Merge Requests für die Doku von ansible semaphore erstellt. Ich mag Semaphore, aber die Doku ist ausbaufähig
Mit all den offenen Doku Merge Requests, die der anderen und meiner, dürfte die Doku deutlich besser werden. Auch wenn es nicht meine Doku ist, freue ich mich, sollten alle MRs demnächst gemerged werden :)

The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE

In March 2025 validation was maintained for over 30 projects, including #Ansible, #Apache Tomcat, & #Erlang

Plus, community CI was added for segyio, and Rust's linux_syscall project now publishes s390x releases on crates.io

Full report + how your project can apply for a s390x VM: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/04/18/linuxone-open-source-report-march-2025

What do you guys do about breaking home directories in #Linux.

I mean every desktop env after some time gets flaky and then you feel like you wanted a reset but you don't want a reset because it's a lot of work to reconfigure everything and you will probably forget about details.
I mean there's #nixos but despite me liking the idea I don't like the implementation

Are there highly mature #Ansible roles for like #gnome #kde or whatever?

How do you tackle this?

Crypto.com is hiring DevOps Engineer – DevOps Security

#golang #python #cryptocurrency #ansible #aws #azure #cicd #docker #kubernetes #redis #awss3 #terraform #securityengineer
Shenzhen, China
Full-time
Crypto.com

Job details https://jobsfordevelopers.com/jobs/devops-engineer-devops-security-at-crypto-com-feb-17-2025-9b30e2?utm_source=mastodon.world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=posting
#jobalert #jobsearch #hiring

Nice

Automating UFW Configuration with Ansible: Locking Down the Digital Fortress #Ansible #UFW #Firewall #Automation #Cybersecurity #ServerSecurity #DeadSwitch #OperationalSecurity #AnsiblePlaybook #NetworkSecurity #AutomationTools #AnsibleRoles #SystemAdministration #SecureServer #Encryption #AnsibleVault #PrivacyTools #SecurityAutomation

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/16/automating-ufw-configuration-with-ansible-locking-down-the-digital-fortress/

EspritsCollaboratifs, la boite où je bosse, recrute une ou un adminSys en CDI, à Fontenay-sous-Bois dans l'est parisien, ou en télétravail : https://www.curebot.fr/recrutements/#jobs

"However, since there has been no announcement from Red Hat regarding the deployment methods that are expected to be supported in the new [#ansible #AWX] release (I haven't received answers to my questions...), I can't make any promises at this point."

https://github.com/kurokobo/awx-on-k3s/issues/413#issuecomment-2804454871

The latest edition of the #Ansible Bullhorn is out, with an important introduction to changes coming in ansible-core that can impact both users and collection/content creators! Please read it and test your Ansible content to ensure it is compatible with these changes.
https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-181/41718

Today, #IPv6 to the rescue.

I broke DHCP for the legacy IP space on my pfSense router today but thanks to running dual stack I could reconnect using the IPv6 address and fix things. I was trying to move to using #Ansible for managing pfSense and somehow despite getting zero errors and Ansible reporting things as idempotent, things were unhappy.

I managed to get back into the router and deleted the new records, recreating them manually and everything is working again. No clue what I broke yet, but yay for IPv6.

Something I haven’t thought about in a while is #ansible and now I’m curious how the changes to the #python #gil being able to be disabled would effect threading.

Dear #Ansible #Kubernetes users,

I can tell Ansible to wait until a Kubernetes pod is running and ready using something like this:

- kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
api_version: v1
kind: Pod
namespace: gitlab
label_selectors:
- app=webservice
wait_condition:
status: "True"
type: Ready
wait: true
wait_sleep: 10
wait_timeout: 1800

However, I do not succeed in telling Ansible to wait until a pod was completed successfully. The following code works but detects a pod that is not yet running (PodInitializing) as well and proceeds.

- kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
[...]
wait_condition:
# no "reason" given here
status: "False"
type: Ready
[...]

As soon as I add a "reason" this task runs into a timeout and does no longer work. No matter what I use as the "reason". "Completed", "Succeeded", "Terminated", ...

The module documentation is rather vague on this...

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/kubernetes/core/k8s_info_module.html

Learn how to accept user input in Ansible. It will enhance user experience by eliminating the need to memorize variable names and ensuring a more interactive and user-friendly approach. https://andrewroderos.com/how-to-accept-user-input-in-ansible/ #ansible #automation #networkautomation

Looking for #Linux #Containers for your CI/CD pipeline? #foundata built a collection of OCI images with

functional systemd (not just a shim!)
unprivileged execution support – perfect for tools like #Podman.

Explore all Integration Test Target (ITT) container files on https://github.com/orgs/foundata/repositories?q=oci-*-itt

Also ideal for #Ansible #Molecule testing, see them in action with a collection: https://github.com/foundata/ansible-collection-acmesh/tree/main/extensions/molecule

New release: #Ansible Skeletons v2.2.0 by https://foundata.com! Now with full Molecule and #Podman support

https://github.com/foundata/ansible-skeletons

Best-practice project structure
Preconfigured defaults
SPDX & SBOM (REUSE) support
Real-world ready – see it in action with a collection like https://github.com/foundata/ansible-collection-acmesh

Just curious if there is a bot or CI/CD pipeline action for checking and bumping #Ansible Galaxy requirements.yml definitions?

I do wonder how many foreigners will show up at this #ansible / #redhat event in USA.

Self service portal on top of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

https://github.com/HewlettPackard/squest/